![]() | Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America Subjects: Brown James Francis 1793–1868; African Americans -- Social conditions -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- 19th century; Free blacks -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J) -- Biography; Gardeners -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography; ; A fascinating study of freedom and slavery, told through the life of an escaped slave who built a life in the Hudson Valley Armstead Myra B. Young : Myra B. Young Armstead is Professor of History at Bard College. Her books include "Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August": African Americans in Newport and Saratoga Springs, 1870-1930 and Mighty Change, Tall Within: Black Identity in the Hudson Valley. |
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